What Is an Advisory Panel?

The ULI Advisory Service Panel program is an activity that leverages the knowledge capital of ULI members with specific land use and development issues in communities. ULI coordinates a site visit of experts from the Institute’s diverse membership to find creative, practical solutions to a specific land use challenge or development opportunity.

A Govenor’s Advisory Panel (GAP) consists of a group of specific members, including developers, planners, financiers, market analysts, economists, architects, and public officials – to provide practical and strategic advice that is not available from any other source. The panel will gather a presentation and a subsequent report will serve as an information tool, sharing best practices and lessons learned.

To provide results, the panel will work with local governments, private developers, community development corporations, and many other organizations to address the most challenging real estate and land use issues facing communities today.

The ULI BC GAP Assignment

The GAP assignment is the UBC-Broadway Corridor Rapid Transit Project, specifically a station location study in which the panel will provide strategic advice and best practices while considering planning and development along the Broadway Corridor. The panel will consider strategies for land use and transit options along the Corridor.

The Presentation

After reviewing extensive briefing and background materials, the panel had a tour of the project, met with a variety of stakeholders (including City of Vancouver, TransLink, Metro Vancouver, UBC and Neighbourhood Groups) for interviews, considered and reviewed all information provided to them, framed the issues, they were able to build a presentation with their key findings and recommendations.

Key findings:

Transit mode: underground

Development: real estate decision separation from transit line

Process: have a group like ULI BC be a conveyor for stakeholder groups; ULI BC can engage the stakeholders and present the opportunity for discussion

Further details on these key findings and the panel’s recommendations can be found in the presentation (available here).

The Report

We are pleased to share the final published Report by the Urban Land Institute’s Governor’s Advisory Program (GAP) on the proposed UBC Broadway Rapid Transit project. This report provides in-depth insights on the Panel’s original key recommendations.

To download a full copy of the report, click the image of the report to the left or click here.

Media

February 6, 2014 – Expert panel from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) presented its observations and recommendations… see our Press Release for greater detail.

“On Tuesday the world-renowned Urban Land Institute, and the Governor’s advisory panel; which is made up of American real estate experts, developers and academics, will tour the Broadway corridor. During their tour, they will be talking to residents, business owners and key stakeholders.” Excerpt from the January 31, 2014 Global BC story.